SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An auction house plans to sell a variety of actor Gene Hackman’s possessions in November, including Golden Globe statues, a wristwatch and paintings he collected and created.

Hackman died at age 95 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after transitioning from an Oscar-winning film career to a retired life devoted to painting, novel writing and collecting.

Items up for auction include a still-life painting of a Japanese vase by Hackman and Golden Globe awards for his roles in “Unforgiven” and “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

There are annotated books from Hackman’s library, screenplays, posters, movie memorabilia, and high-end art that includes a bronze statue of Auguste Rodin and a 1957 oil painting by modernist Milton Avery.

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead inside their home in February.
Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead inside their home in February.

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Anna Hicks of international auction house Bonhams said the sales “offer an intimate portrait of Hackman’s private world.”

Listings start at $100 for Hackman’s Winmau dart board or $600 for a shot at their Seiko dive wristwatch.

The catalog includes an image of Hackman by portrait painter Everett Raymond Kinstler, who painted U.S. presidents and drew for comics.

Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead inside their home on Feb. 26, sending shockwaves through an urban refuge high in the desert for famous actors and authors seeking to escape the spotlight.

Authorities determined that Hackman died of heart disease with complications of Alzheimer’s disease about a week after Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease transmitted by the droppings of infected rodents.

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Hackman made his film debut in 1961’s “Mad Dog Coll” and went on to appear in a variety of film roles, including “Superman” villain Lex Luthor and a basketball coach who finds redemption in the sentimental favorite “Hoosiers.”

He was nominated five times for an Oscar, winning best actor in a leading role for “The French Connection” in 1972 and best actor in a supporting role for “Unforgiven” two decades later.

He retired from acting in the early 2000s.